adage

noun

1. 谚语；格言
   a well-known phrase expressing a general truth about people or the world

1. N-COUNT 谚语；格言
   An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
   1. ...the old adage, 'Every baby brings its own love'.
      那句古老的谚语，“每个婴儿生来就带着爱”

1. Remember the old adage: Just because you can doesn't mean you should.
   记住这条古老的谚语：能够做并不意味着应该做。
2. Remember the old adage& security is only as strong as its weakest link!
   请记住古谚语&安全性只取决于其最薄弱环节！
3. I don't know who "they" are, or how much truth there is to this old adage, but there are three steps to implementing a Servlet filter.
   我不知道“他们”指的是谁，或者这句古老的谚语究竟有多真实，但是实现一个Servlet过滤器的确要经历三个步骤。
4. The old adage by 17th century author John Donne that no one is an island still holds true today.
   17世纪作家约翰多恩的一句古老的格言没有人是座孤岛在今天仍然适用。
5. You've heard that old adage," It's not what you know, but who you know. "
   你应该听过那句谚语，“重要的不是你知道什么，而是你认识谁。”
6. An old business adage is that businesses do not plan to fail, they just fail to plan!
   有一句古老的格言就是：没有计划要失败的事业，只有没计划好的事业。
7. An ancient Western adage necessity is the mother of invention is appropriate here.
   有一句古老的西方谚语是这样说的：需求是创新之母，这句话很适合用在这里。
8. There is an adage in public health: The road to inaction is paved with research papers.
   公共卫生领域有一条格言：通往无所作为的道路上铺满了研究报告。
9. Scientists have shown that there is a degree of truth in the old adage that love is blind.
   科学家已经证明，古老的谚语所说的，爱情是盲目的这一真理在一定程度上是正确的。
10. Another school of thought emphasizes on the common adage – the devil is in the details.
    另一种观点则强调了那句老话&细节决定成败。
11. What is called that the gentleman helps somebody in doing well is the adage of Confucius.
    所谓“君子成人之美”，这是孔夫子留下的格言。
12. That might consign the adage "no pain, no gain" to the history books.
    所以“不劳而获”这句谚语可能要进入历史书本了。
13. This is a confusing adage.
    这是一句令人费解的格言。
14. Buying a house is the most important financial decision you will ever make, so the adage goes.
    常言道，买套房子可能是人一生中最重要的财务决策。
15. You know the old adage.
    你们知道这个古老的谚语。
16. Firstly, I would like to underline the old adage "You get what you pay for".
    首先，我要强调一句古老的格言：“你得到你所支付”。
17. A plain white paperback would do just fine if we actually followed that particular ancient adage.
    如果我们真的遵循古老的谚语，一个简单的白色平装本可能更好。
18. There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
    在这本关于愚人及其钱财的古老谚语中，蕴藏着很多真理。
19. This adage says that even a clever person may do something stupidly.
    是说聪明人也有一时糊涂做错事的时候。
20. There is a famous adage of China "distance produce beauty".
    中国有句名言“距离产生美”。
21. China has an adage," eat one's corn in the blade", those who say is this meaning.
    中国有句老话，“寅吃卯粮”，说的正是这个意思。
22. She reminded me of the old adage: where there's love there's understanding.
    她使我想起了那句古老的格言：有爱就有谅解。
23. Being passionate about your job is more than the old adage "do what you love".
    对工作有激情并不单单是人们常说的“做你喜欢的事情”。
24. A popular adage is that Japanese begin a speech with an apology, Americans begin with a joke.
    日本人用道歉的方式来开始他们的演讲，美国人用开玩笑的方式来开始他们的演讲。
25. They think they're reducing risk and optimizing gains by following the adage,'Invest in what you know.
    他们认为这样能降低风险、优化收益，因为老话不是说了嘛：投资你了解的东西。
26. There's an old adage "a problem shared is a problem halved".
    有一个古老的格言“共享的问题就是减半的问题（aproblemsharedisaproblemhalved）”。
27. To paraphrase the adage: If you ca fish from someone, you'll eat for a day;
    概述某句格言：如果你从别人那里讨到一条鱼，那么你能吃上一天；
28. "Security through obscurity is no security at all." so the adage goes.
    “通过隐藏是根本没有安全可言的”格言上是这么说的。
29. The old adage "birds of a feather flock together" is one dating rule that will never go out of style. the branch of psychology that studies persons and their relationships with others and with groups and with society as a whole.
    俗话中的物以类聚，人以群分是一个永不过时的约会规则。研究人和其他人，群体，以及社会的关系的心理学分支。
30. The old adage," Do what you love, the money will follow "is actually very good advice.
    俗话说：”做你想做的，钱就来了“，它的确一个非常好的建议。

noun

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

   Synonym:    proverbsawbyword